Blog Tours

Clair de Lune, by Jetta Carleton

March 13, 2012

Jetta Carleton is the author of a little-known but well-loved novel called The Moonflower Vine. It was, so far as anyone knew, her only book. After her death, her family looked for the manuscript she had been working on but assumed it was lost in a tornado. However, the manuscript was bequeathed to an old [...]

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The Financial Lives of the Poets, by Jess Walter

September 28, 2010

Title: The Financial Lives of the Poets Author: Jess Walter Pages: 290 Originally Published: 2009 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Harper Perennial Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on Jess Walter’s TLC Book Tour for The Financial Lives of the Poets. Who can resist a title like that? I couldn’t, and I’m exceptionally glad that [...]

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Finny, by Justin Kramon

August 19, 2010

Title: Finny Author: Justin Kramon Pages: 366 Originally Published: 2010 Format I Read: Paperback Publisher: Random House Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on Justin Kramon’s TLC blog tour for his debut novel, Finny. We first meet Finny as a pert 14-year-old who feels misunderstood by her peacemaker mother, pompous father, and people-pleaser brother, Sylvan. [...]

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The Confessions of Catherine de Medici, by C.W. Gortner

June 14, 2010

Title: The Confessions of Catherine de Medici Author: C.W. Gortner Pages: 416 Publisher: Random House Copyright: 2010 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on C.W. Gortner‘s blog tour with Pump Up Your Book! As a very young woman, the last of the illustrious Italian Medicis, Catherine de Medici is sent to France to [...]

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The Queen of Palmyra, by Minrose Gwin

May 5, 2010

Title: The Queen of Palmyra Author: Minrose Gwin Pages: 390 Publisher: Harper Perennial Copyright: 2010 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on Minrose Gwin’s TLC blog tour for The Queen of Palmyra. It’s the 1960s.  Florence is twelve.  Her mother provides for the family by baking amazing cakes but drinks too much.  Her father [...]

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American Rust Giveaway

January 12, 2010

I read and reviewed American Rust about a year ago, and really loved it. It even made my 2009 top 10 list. Today, American Rust is being released in paperback by Spiegel & Grau! To celebrate the paperback release, Spiegel & Grau and TLC Book Tours have afforded me the opportunity to giveaway FIVE freshly [...]

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After the Moment, by Garret Freymann-Weyr

November 9, 2009

Title: After the Moment Author: Garret Freymann-Weyr Pages: 328 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Copyright: 2009 Format: Hardback Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on Garret Freymann-Weyr’s blog tour for her latest novel, After the Moment. After the Moment is told from Leigh’s perspective, a considerate, athletic, and intelligent teen. He lives with his mother in New [...]

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Goldengrove, by Francine Prose

September 24, 2009

Title: Goldengrove Author: Francine Prose Pages: 275 Publisher: Harper Perennial Copyright: 2008 Format: Paperback Rating: ____________________________ Welcome to today’s stop on Francine Prose’s TLC Book Tour for Goldengrove. The family consists of the mother, Daisy, an arthritic musician, the father, Henry, a handsome writer and bookstore owner, the older sister, Margaret, a singer with a [...]

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